Our Top 5 Most Popular Blog Posts in 2021
By the 2020 Mom Communications Team
We’ve gathered the most viewed blogs published this year. See if you’ve read them all as you skim through the countdown of our top 5.
BLOG #5. Alliance for Health Policy’s Congressional Briefing: Policy Options to Advance Mental Health Care During Pregnancy
NOVEMBER 01, 2021 –
On October 29, 2021, health policy leaders, including Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Kay Matthews, Founder, Shades of Blue, Veronica Gillispie-Bell, M.D., Carrie Hanlon, MA, and our Executive Director Joy Burkhard, MBA, presented at this briefing.
These are Joy’s opening remarks:
Hello. Thank you to the Alliance, Health Affairs, the funders, and Members of Congress who have taken leadership positions on maternal mental health, recognizing this is a bi-partisan issue that no U.S. woman or family is immune from.
Though we are here to talk about a daunting problem that has largely been unaddressed, it’s a very exciting moment for the field of maternal mental health. Thousands of cross-sector researchers, clinicians, and advocates have been working for years to get to this point, a tipping point in both awareness and identification of true and tangible policy solutions…
…But why is it so much harder to access mental health care over medical care? We believe there are three main reasons, which I refer to as the 3 Ps.
Payment: In the U.S. we have a separate payment system for mental health care, both for privately insured and publicly insured patients - it’s what we call “carve-outs.” We will hobble along trying our best to adequately detect and treat maternal mental health and other mental health disorders until mental health payment is reformed and carved into medical care.
Providers: This includes, education, shortages, capacity including care coordination & expert consultation, and incentives….
BLOG #4. TRIUMPH for New Moms Act To Build Strategy for Improved Mental Health of U.S. Mothers
JUNE 29, 2021 –
2020 Mom champions a new bill calling for the formation of a federal interdepartmental maternal mental health task force and strategic plan to identify opportunities, coordinate resources, and build upon programs to improve the well-being of mothers.
BLOG #3. Adverse Babyhood Experiences (ABEs): 10 New Categories of Adversity Before a Child's 3rd Birthday
MAY 18, 2021 –
Introduction
Adverse babyhood experiences (ABEs) are a new construct derived from large bodies of research that identify a different group of risk factors from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ABEs influence infant and maternal morbidity and mortality as well as risk for chronic illnesses and other chronic conditions in the child as well as symptoms in fathers and other partners.
Like ACEs, the effects of ABEs add up to increase risk over time.
BLOG #2. Moms Matter Act Included in Budget Reconciliation Package
NOVEMBER 08, 2021 –
The House of Representatives passed a key procedural vote in November to set up eventual passage of the Build Back Better Act, a legislative package that includes several social safety net provisions, including provisions from the Moms Matter Act. This is an exciting development as the Moms Matter Act gets closer to the finish line.
The Shades of Blue Project, one of our partners, was critical in developing the legislation--which is part of the Black Maternal Health Momnibus--and 2020 Mom has been proud to actively support it.
BLOG #1. Wednesday, September 15th, 2021 Marks Our 10th Anniversary
AUGUST 09, 2021 –
We turned 10 on September 15th.
We are so grateful to have played a foundational role in identifying the gaps and barriers to providing universal maternal mental health care and elevating the opportunities to close them.